What Is Asymmetric Polarization

question 35

Multiple Choice

What is asymmetric polarization?

• A) Constituents are significantly more polarized than their representatives in Congress.
• B) Republicans have moved further to the right ideologically than Democrats have moved to the left.
• C) Members of Congress tend to be more polarized than judicial appointments to the Supreme Court.
• D) Special interest groups have forced members of Congress to vote in a more polarized fashion.

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